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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The political world is firmly focused on this year’s elections, but several of President Barack Obama's would-be successors may well find their launching pad here at the Democratic National Convention, using high-profile speaking slots and delegate buzz to boost their fortunes for the 2016 campaign.
Win or lose in November, the president has long said that 2012 will be his last run for elective office, meaning that Democrats likely will have a wide-open playing field to battle for the nomination in four years – depending on the intentions of two party heavyweights, Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
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For now, some dark-horse candidates are looking to use their convention appearances as a platform to raise their profile for consideration four years from now. Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley had a speech in prime time on Tuesday evening, and Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer, whom Democrats also suggest has potential interest in a 2016 bid, speaks Thursday evening (though before broadcast networks break into their coverage).
Those two would-be candidates, among others, have also laid the groundwork for a future run with their work this week away from the cameras.
“I think the trick is to not come off as too unseemly. A potential candidate wants to network as much as possible, but they don't want to step into the current candidate's spotlight, either,” said Phil Singer, the deputy communications director on Hillary Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign.
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In this file photo, Brian Schweitzer, Governor of the State of Montana, takes part in a panel titled
For lesser-known candidates like O’Malley and Schweitzer, the convention is an opportunity to build relationships with key state activists and potential donors who might assist their fledgling candidacies in a few years.
Both O'Malley, who is more widely perceived to have further national ambition, and Schweitzer, are doing little to tamp down that speculation with their schedules this week. Speaking engagements with Iowa delegates (their state holds the first nominating contest each cycle) are on both agendas, and Schweitzer is also meeting with delegates from New Hampshire, the site of the nation’s first 2016 primary and the second overall nominating contest.
Addressing the Democratic convention, Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley says, "Facts are facts: No President since Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the Great Depression inherited a worse economy, bigger job losses, or deeper problems from his predecessor. But President Obama is moving America forward, not back."
“I'm really not thinking about anything but helping the president get re-elected. And that's what I'm focused on entirely,” O’Malley said at the Iowa breakfast this morning in reference to his recently-formed PAC, a step usually seen as a precursor to running for president.
But O'Malley and Schweitzer are mostly the exception this year than the rule. Many of the potential 2016 candidates are keeping a low profile, gladly taking a back seat to the fanfare on Obama's behalf this week, although Newark Mayor Cory Booker has also been busy making the rounds, whether aspiring for a state-wide race in New Jersey or perhaps something bigger.
Newark Mayor Cory Booker energetically outlines the new National Democratic Party platform.
Arguably the most formidable potential candidate in 2016, whose foray into the race would threaten to overshadow any other Democrat, is nowhere to be found this week in Charlotte. Instead, that potential candidate – Secretary of State Hillary Clinton – is literally halfway around the world on official business in Southeast Asia.
“If she wanted to do it, I think she'd have a very strong argument to make for why she should be the nominee and go onto the White House,” said Singer. “She's been pretty unequivocal in saying she doesn't want to run, so you have to take her at her word at this point.”
Delegates from Florida, a state in which Clinton beat Obama during the 2008 Democratic primary, gushed over the prospect of a second bid by the former first lady in 2016.
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“Who would I want to run in 2016? Hillary Clinton. That’s who I think would be great, if she wants to. I think she loves our country so much and she has so much experience and she would be a great president," said Elena McCullough, retired 24-year veteran of the Coast Guard from Wesley Chapel, Fla.
"Hillary has done such a fabulous job (as secretary of state); she is the best ever," added Beryle Buchman, a retired middle school public school English teacher from Plant City, Fla. "I think the fact that Obama appointed her shows that the party not only healed, but it’s stronger."
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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton shake hands at the Ziguangge Pavilion in the Zhongnanhai leaders' compound in Beijing September 5, 2012.
Of course, Mrs. Clinton's most prominent advocate – her husband, former President Bill Clinton – will speak during Wednesday evening's prime-time session. But that speech is extremely unlikely to be used as a platform to pump up Hillary Clinton's 2016 credentials, especially since that speech will be the one to formally nominate the president for re-election.
Likewise, another high-profile potential candidate – Vice President Joe Biden – will largely use his high-profile speaking slot on Thursday night to serve as a “character witness” for Obama, according to senior campaign officials. But Biden will nonetheless enjoy a large spotlight that evening, broadcasting his brand of folksiness before a national audience of potential voters.
The vice president has strikingly refused to rule out his own run for president in 2016, though he told New York Magazine in a profile piece published this week that he doesn't know if he'll run in 2016, even if he could guarantee he'd be elected.
"I don’t know what the hell four years from now, three years from now, is gonna be like," said Biden, who would be 73-years-old by the time of the 2016 election. But he noted in the same interview that he has "no intention" of drifting easily into retirement if he feels as good as he does now.
Both Clinton (2008) and Biden (1988 and 2008) have previously sought the presidency, Biden with more mixed results than Clinton.
But there are other candidates with scant national experience whose names are lumped in with the crowd of potential 2016 candidates who are doing very little to further their prospects in Charlotte.
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick tells the Democratic convention crowd it's time for Democrats to not let President Barack Obama to be "bullied out of office," saying, "we're Americans. We shape our own future."
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, for instance, will not deliver a speech at the convention, and is only set to make a brief daytrip to Charlotte. Other up-and-coming stars, like Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, who delivered an impassioned speech on Tuesday, and Bay State Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren could also harbor higher aspirations.
NBC's Tom Curry and Andrew Rafferty contributed to this report.
David Goldman / AP
Democrats gather in Charlotte, N.C., to officially nominate President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden as the party's candidates for the 2012 presidential election.
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After last nights stellar line-up, I can't wait to see what tonight is going to bring to the momentum!
I have never been prouder to be a Democrat & showing America what values are important to us!
You can go ahead and collapse this comment, it won't change a damn thing!
Hillary/Chelsea 2016
Bubba for First Man/First Husband?
We had to change the channel from MSNBC to CSPAN in order to actually listen to the speakers and not hear people talk about the speeches. last week, i had to change it from CSPN because i got sick of hearing the same rehashed lies coming out of different mouths. Everyone plays the primetime speeches, but the earlier in the day speeches are the ones that really highlight the platform for the party as a whole, and i prefer to hear those without bias. The Dem speakers yesterday were great with a few exceptions...
Trashy, I wish you were right.
But none of those groups you've listed actually votes as a bloc. I know people in most of those groups -- and they are as likely to support Romney as they are to support Obama.
Of course, I can't understand it. People who are part of all those groups have all kinds of good reasons to vote for Obama -- and good reasons not to vote for Romney. But there are a lot of single-issue voters out there. And there are a lot of people who have been convinced against all logic that somehow voting for Romney is in their best interest!
ROMNEY RYAN 2012!!!
I'm glad to see the hopefuls for 2016 start to introduce themselves to us. Seems to me they were more tactful than the folks at the GOP convention---those people seem to have been assuming that there will be an opening for them in 2016 since Romney will lose this year. Shouldn't they have been thinking of 2020?
And heavenly day, what a show it was.
R.T. Rybak, Ted Strickland, Martin O'Malley, Deval Patrick, and Julian Castro.
Be still my heart. Republicans, eat your hearts out.
The Democrats have a very weak bench, Hillary and Biden are looking (as many Libs around here say) pale and stale. Corey Booker? The same Corey Booker that said:
Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley? The same Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, that said:
Truthful Democrats have no chance of winning.
Julian Castro and Lizzy "Cherokee" Warren? Two more phony far left wingers, the country has had enough of that with Obama, although Warren fits the liar role quite nicely.
Leave it to you, JoAnna, to pick out the runts of the litter.
You forgot Deval Patrick and Julian Castro.
Nothing derisive to say about them? I'm waiting.
Guess what? God’s name has been removed from the Democratic National Committee platform.
This is the paragraph that was in the 2008 platform:
“We need a government that stands up for the hopes, values, and interests of working people, and gives everyone willing to work hard the chance to make the most of their God-given potential.”
Now the words “God-given” have been removed. The paragraph has been restructured to say this:
“We gather to reclaim the basic bargain that built the largest middle class and the most prosperous nation on Earth – the simple principle that in America, hard work should pay off, responsibility should be rewarded, and each one of us should be able to go as far as our talent and drive take us.”
Usually I don't respond to JAS's nonsense, but once again she knows nothing of any substance. I've met Cory Booker a number of times, and he's respected for saying what he thinks and doing what's best for his contituents. If he decides to run for governor next year he'll clean Christie's clock.
That's the difference between Democrats and Republicans. Republicans must march in lockstep to the RWNJ ideology or they're drummed out of the party, no matter what they believe or how their masters' policies affect their constituents. That's why their congressional approval rating is 10%. Democrats discuss policy - not blind ideology - and how it affects people. The Democrats don't threaten to cut people off - like Cheney did when the NE Republicans wouldn't toe the line. We're the party of thinking individuals as opposed to brainwashed zombies spewing paranoia and canned talking points.
No More - so what? This is a political convention, not a tent revival. it encompasses the interests of all people, not just the religious.
I always look to Feisty Redhead to get a sense for how the lunatic Left is feeling about things. From her comments so far about the DNC, I am taking a lot of heart. The way I look at it, if this years DNC is getting her this excited, then it can't be appealing to moderates, independents and swing voters. And seeing as it will be them and not the Feisty's of the world who will determine this election, I'm greatly encouraged.
You can't please Feisty and moderates at the same time.
No-More - aren't you tired of all your lies? The rest of us are. You're just a pitiful little piece of trash!
Obama/Biden 2012
Oh Feisty you're at it again. You're about as truthful as Michelle Obama telling people that she has had such a hard life; Give me a brake, that is a load of crap.
It must be fun Feisty to sit around all day In your low income housing (which are nicer than the average apartment) collecting your welfare check's well you try to find a "job" siting on you're a$$ commenting on the stories produced by extremely biased news "outlet" NBCNews (where I believe they pay you for these radical beliefs). It's funny that you have Dumb Fux as your profile picture when the dumb Fu*ks are the ones you seem to worship. I don't see how you can be "more proud than ever to be a democrats" when your democrats (Obama) have raised the unemployment to above 8% and the national debt has just passed 16 trillion dollars. And what has Obama been doing. Oh, he's been doing hardball interviews with People Magazine and playing more golf than Tiger Woods well Michelle tells people she is connected with the middle class well wearing a $4,000 shirt.
But Feisty, if you get hard watching the DNC speeches it must be one helluva night!
This collapsing of posts is becoming ridiculous. Feisty didn't say anything to get collapsed and neither did Kumar.
Hillarity demonstrated back in 2008 that she is FAR TOO DEVISIVE to be an acceptable, let alone electable candidate. The Clinton sense of entitlement has to be flushed out into the Potomac.
Wait. Feisty's a dude??
Enough with the comments collapsing people!!!!
does it matter? He/she/it is so far off the wall the point is moot.
In this corner, we have Marco Rubio, Condi Rice, Chris Christie, Ted Cruz, Bobby Jindal...
And in *this* corner, we have JOE BIDEN. BWAHAHAHA
I really cant stand them Dems or their base but if Hillary was running in 2012 instead of Barry she would win. I think she has a good chance of winning in 2016 against Romney. But Biden? Seriously?
In the words of Barry "let me be clear" or "read my lips" I would not vote for Hillary but a lot of women would and that would help boost her up. I think the Dems need to focus on the now for the time being since this is not a clear slam dunk for Barry. Then again.......start focusing on 2016 dems. Just helps put a republican in office. Its easy to tell how nervous the dems are getting when you come on to FR and see all of the hate filled rants they are posting.
Fisty will be in tears the night on November 6th. Can't wait til Romney wins in a landslide!
Feisty: "You can go ahead and collapse this comment, it won't change a damn thing!"
Oh, just like Obama hasn't changed a damn thing for the better!
ROMNEY/RYAN 2012!!
Just keep patting yourselves on your backs and telling yourselves everything's going to be OK, morons. You are the only people who are consistently stupid enough to keep believing the lies from The Obama and the rest of the Democrats. Bad weather, lie.. couldn't sell enough tickets to fill half the stadium. WTF is Biden's picture doing up there, looking at him reminds me of another great VP, Dan Quail, just way more dumb.
"Wait. Feisty's a dude??"
No, "she/it" is actually several people who work for Media Matters/NBC
What party was in office during these wars:
World War One: DEMOCRATS
World War Two: DEMOCRATS
Korean War: DEMOCRATS
Vietnam: DEMOCRATS
We can all be proud of a party that got so many Americans killed so that Mexicans could have a country where they can just walk right in and take over.
I called Fiesty out several weeks ago. She is definatly a plant. She is so excited about this convention.
Stalin held big parades to impress the people. So did Hitler. The Romans held all kinds of entertainment venues to impress and apease the people. That is what the Demo convention is all about.
The Dems belittled the Republicans for scanning the crowd for "token" blacks and hispanics. Anyone notice who the cameras were scanning last night?
Personally, I was pretty darn impressed with Julian Castro.....I see a presidency in his future (or at least a vice presidency). He was an awesome speaker, and I enjoyed his speech very much. He's got big things coming up for him in the Democratic party, and I wish him all the luck!!!
I couldn't agree with you more Feisty!!!
Pelosi/Reid 2016 ;o)
I couldn't agree with you more as well Didi. I was thinking the very same thing while watching/listening to him last night.
There are certainly some angry folks on this post, not to mention, crude, classless and ill informed. What are they so afraid of? Intelligent discourse? Common sense? Especially you, Bob 2711..... You seem to have a real issue building there. Get some help; better yet turn off FOX and do some fact checking.
Now if ROMNEY was too some how WIN that would be that 1,000 Years of darkness CHUCKY BOY was talking about!
No More 44 just gave me one more reason to keep voting democrat!
Give me the party with the least superstition any day. The repubs just need to roll over and die and let the Libertarians take the right side of the political party system. Maybe then, I can go back to not voting a straight ticket.
Obama/Biden 2012
Obama/Biden 2012
Clinton/Warren 2016
I think the whole country's tired of slander and lies.
Bye bye, Tea Party!
Crazy Uncle Joe Biden is 70 years old, avoided any military service, and will be 74 in 2016.
You think that the de-Pressed would not put his name in the ring when they kept telling us that McCain was to old to be President.
It is so encouraging to see all the angry hate filled GUPpies on this blog. They are so jealous and so intimidated. It proves what a success the first night of the DNC was.
Mike - Pelosi/Reid 2016? You are a true ahole. Those two are more morally bankrupt than the Clown in Chief we have now
Yeah Didi - Juan, Julio or whatever the f his name is can speak with a teleprompter! That should get him some pres consideration right? Man you dems are a gullible lot
Biden in 2016.....BIDEN???....Bwahahahaha!
Tebow15
But far more trustworthy and much more truthful than you talibanian terrorists hiding within the republican party are by far. If Hillary doesn't run, then rest assured, I want someone even deeper to the left than the Clintons could ever be and Nancy Pelosi fits that bill perfect.
@anna. Obviously you do not live here in Maryland. O'Malley is a horrible and mostly absent governor. Please save us from his being any possible Democratic Presidential candidate. If he cannot manage MD, imagine what he could do to ruin the country.
Good. Why just prop up one religion?
This is just a baby step in the removal of the word God from so many things the religious right branded it with in the 50's during their fear mongering campaign.
Tell me. What use does a God have with their name being put on currency? Especially when wealth flew in the face of their alleged son's teachings? Religion used a cold war to further their agenda and attempted to brand everything as their own.
Pretty much like they did with the holiday tree in December.
Pray to whomever you want, but stop trying to stamp your brand all over everything.
The horrors of not having the word God stamped onto something as hateful and divisive as politics.
If Pelosi does not get in rehab. she'll be dead of cirrhosis of the Liver. Must of taken a team to sober her up enough for a somewhat coherent speech. Valium to keep her from going into a DT fit.
Probably was dead drunk an hour off the stage.
Look for 2016....THE MOVIE by the Schindler's list guy....DNC bOOOOED GOD and Israel!!
it is SOOOO sad that clinton's talk was not as SHORT and to the point as EASTWOOD's....
WE hired you to do a job, you failed, now it is time to replace you!!!
blame stupid Bush.. Clinton supported the 1999 repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act, a law dating back to the Great Depression that separated banking from high-risk financial speculation. Robert Rubin, who had been Clinton's first treasury secretary, helped broker the final deal on Capitol Hill that enabled the repeal legislation to pass. Some financial historians say the repeal of the law paved the way for banks to invest in risky investments like mortgage-backed securities and collateralized debt obligations that played a role in the 2008 financial meltdown.
The Dems have a party and the NATIONAL DEBT hits $$$16 TRILLION..they can not even count all the zeros in that crazy number!!...talk about a National DISASTER!!! Have Jimmy Fallon explain how many somollians, claims, bucks, dough, bread, etc that is to our baby -minded obama!! THE BABY Obama DOES NOT WANT MORE JOBS, MORE ECONOMY GROWTH!!!
obama says he would grade himself 'incomplete'...in my school that was an ..F !! You did not try, you Failed !! Again, twist the truth. Chicago MOBpolitics!!
How many" black chidder-rhen "were murdered while Rahm spoke??!! Another great leader..NOT!!
Like Eastwood said, We the people hired you, you have not done the job, now it is time to Fire you!!
Mouchweelll talked about a rusty beat -up car that Barry Soetoro drove while they were dating, and tried to make it sound OK that with high gas prices and no jobs , Americans can not drive at all!!..Her dad made the equivalent of $$300K in the 70’s and they let their daughter get in such a rust heap??.DOES NOT EQUATE!!!..Danger, /Danger Will Robinson!!!
obama had shoes too small??? He was working for a law firm in Chicago..SaY WHAT?!!! Why are both obamas disbarred?!! Lavish vacations at tax payer expense and $$500 tennis shoes!!!??talk about her big beer arms and nothing about her LARGE french-fry rear!!
She did not say what conversations she 'valued' from Barry's father, Frank M. Davis, the Marxist pornographer in Hawaii. Dreams of my father....or of Barry's brother George still living in a hut in Kenya!!
Dems take GOD out of their platform, of course, obama is the messiah, why look to a faith-filled God??
they read letters from the peasants while they feast at the tax funded, Chief prepared expensive meals..regular Americans could not afford one of those meals a year, much less nightly!! talk about how bad We the PEOPLE have it, REALLY!!.. Let them EAT cake, right?!! where does Mr. Prez get his news?? On the golf course while drinking with Biden?!! If they were to tell the truth, it should have been, people are writing to the Prez. about how he has dismantled the Middle-Class, ruined the economy, people a losing homes and jobs, HE needs to STOP what he is doing!!
What proof have we that Wallstreet and Detroit were
in danger of collapse, in 2009? Merely the word of
beggars.
Upon the first breath of 2009, from board room to
board room, from bank to mortgage house to credit
company to dealership, the murmurs were spoke that
the Most Junior of Senators, newly promoted, with
the Most Junior of Auditors and Accountants, newly
appointed, were afoot in Washington, with soft hands
at the helm and a soft touch on the purse. All, so
easily moved by a quavering voice, a sad song of woe
and a teary eye, that any CEO so daring, could open
the hand on the purse and be lent moneys by the
buckets full. The word of the fools in the House so
White spread far and wide until the rush on the
treasury, became a stampede.
Now, to defend their treachery, the Keepers of the
Loose Purse parade before us as if heroes who stared
down the wolf at the door, rather than rubes who
fell for the carney at the vault. And where of the
moneys they so readily lent? So desperate were the
beggars of Wallstreet and Detroit that the first
billions paid were not to the wolves at the door,
nor the creditor at the window, but to the manager
on the bonus, and the CEO on the yacht. Our money by
the trillions, cast upon the wind, to no account,
save those of braggerts, eager for another hand in
the till.
Why would the wolves of Wallstreet and Detroit
defend the fools in the Whitehouse? If you had a
Soft Touch in the Oval Office, wouldn't you want him
re-elected?
And of the Most Junior Senator and his most Junior
Accountants, who trumpet themselves the heroes of
Wallstreet and Detroit? They parade before us,
wearing their deceit like medals won on an actual
field of battle! They wave their ignorance like
ribbons before an adoring throng of fools.
Still, I got to give credit where credit is due.
Democrats, and none better than Barack Obama, sell
sh!t for chocolate better than anyone alive. They
can wrap it like candy, but I wouldn't touch it,
and I damn sure wouldn't eat it.
Nice cut and paste...perhaps you'd be so kind as to give credit to that ACTUAL writer.
hopefuls look at 2016 !!!! Surely they are talking about the MOVIE 2016!!!
Desperate attempt at coming up with another Christie or Rubio- fail! Castro is a dink
Who will be the nominee in 2016 for the Democrats?
The simplest answer will be to wait and see who the conservative fish-wrap National Journal names as it's "Most Liberal __________" for 2015. It's an honor that they traditionally reserve for the eventual nominee so that the minions can point and say, "Oh, look! Oh, look!"
You've listed the usual suspects but National Journal named Senator Kirsten Gillibrand "Most Liberal Senator" for 2011...which is remarkable since Senator Bernie Sanders is a self-described Socialist.
Julian Castro may well be nominated for VP or get a cabinet post. The kid made a stellar showing at the convention.
It's a s simple as A B C - anybody but Clinton.
This is just so ridiculous that it even made it into the article....If he wins he will not be eligible to run for President again and any other national office would be beneath him. When he looses the DNC would certainly not consider him four years later. As for Joe Biden...weren't the on the left complaining that McCain was too old to be President during the last election? I know Biden is getting more and more childlike as the days go by but honestly it isn't because he is getting younger. As for Hillary...she missed her opportunity and her time as Secretary of State has just damaged her global credibility moving forward.
I'm thinking Michael O'Brian is kissing up in hopes of being a press secretary some day.
Da Noid... regarding your comment on Bernie Sanders -- a socialist is not a liberal. A liberal recoils at the ideas of socialism. Socialism elevates the state above the individual. That is contrary to liberalism. Socialism is NOT merely an extreme form of liberalism any more than fascism is an extreme form of conservatism.
The association of socialism with liberalism (and conservatism with fascism) was foisted upon us by unfortunate persons who, having no reasoned response to an idea, can only resort to name-calling, and either "socialist" or "fascist" are ugly names to call anyone who believes in human dignity and freedom.
I would take Bill Clinton over Obama anyday.
At least Bill knew when to give under pressure for the greater good of the people.
Obama isn't that smart.
The Dems have a party and the NATIONAL DEBT hits $$$16 TRILLION..they can not even count all the zeros in that crazy number!!...talk about a National DISASTER!!! Have Jimmy Fallon explain how many somollians, claims, bucks, dough, bread, etc that is to our baby -minded obama!! THE BABY Obama DOES NOT WANT MORE JOBS, MORE ECONOMY GROWTH!!!
obama says he would grade himself 'incomplete'...in my school that was an ..F !! You did not try, you Failed !! Again, twist the truth. Chicago MOBpolitics!!
How many" black chidder-rhen "were murdered while Rahm spoke??!! Another great leader..NOT!!
Like Eastwood said, We the people hired you, you have not done the job, now it is time to Fire you!!
Mouchweelll talked about a rusty beat -up car that Barry Soetoro drove while they were dating, and tried to make it sound OK that with high gas prices and no jobs , Americans can not drive at all!!..Her dad made the equivalent of $$300K in the 70’s and they let their daughter get in such a rust heap??.DOES NOT EQUATE!!!..Danger, /Danger Will Robinson!!!
obama had shoes too small??? He was working for a law firm in Chicago..SaY WHAT?!!! Why are both obamas disbarred?!! Lavish vacations at tax payer expense and $$500 tennis shoes!!!??talk about her big beer arms and nothing about her LARGE french-fry rear!!
She did not say what conversations she 'valued' from Barry's father, Frank M. Davis, the Marxist pornographer in Hawaii. Dreams of my father....or of Barry's brother George still living in a hut in Kenya!!
Dems take GOD out of their platform, of course, obama is the messiah, why look to a faith-filled God??
they read letters from the peasants while they feast at the tax funded, Chief prepared expensive meals..regular Americans could not afford one of those meals a year, much less nightly!! talk about how bad We the PEOPLE have it, REALLY!!.. Let them EAT cake, right?!! where does Mr. Prez get his news?? On the golf course while drinking with Biden?!! If they were to tell the truth, it should have been, people are writing to the Prez. about how he has dismantled the Middle-Class, ruined the economy, people a losing homes and jobs, HE needs to STOP what he is doing!!
it looked like the podium was a wash tub for all their dirty undies/socks/stained blue dresses, but with SWIMMING Ted Kennedy ,they made it clear that it represents the ill-gotten money the progressive-marxists are famous for looting----bootlegging, tax evasion, ballot- box stuffing (LBJ&JFK),gun running, Treasury looting, drug cartels, prostitution( ala Clinton&JFK) Mob connected jimmy Hoffa unions,the true 1%ers of the USA!!!! SOBER UP!!!
if libs care about our troops , why are they put in jail for voicing their dislike of this presidency?? why are they still in Arab countries being murdered by those they are protecting, why are more deployed every day?? Why were they not home for Christmas as obama promised!!??.Why is Defense funding being cut?!! ……why was NASA destroyed!!??
It just does NOT matter how well you give the teleprompter speech...the glaring fact is she knows it is a lie and we know it is lie...
IT IS THE ECONOMY STUPID!!!..and BozoHussan has done nothing to fix it in 4 years!!! ONLY made it much WORSE!!!
Hillary 2016
Hello America!
I woke up this morning to find that at the DNC they are saying that "we all belong to the government". I guess they invented a new form of slavery.
Its incredible that that is exactly the way the liberal democrats think and they are DEAD WRONG here.
The citizens of the United States own this country, as Clint Eastwood said so well. He said, "We own this country. Politicians are employees of ours".
The democrats need to be kicked out of office with their type of thinking, starting with Obama, Biden, Reid, and Pelosi. Its sad that such an unqualified man could become President. Now our debt is over $16 trillion, unemployment is over 8% for a record number of months, and the economy is anemic. Now they think we belong to the government or the government owns us. I say, no thanks.
Please vote for Romney and Ryan this November.
Might as well start the vetting process now since Mr. Obama has lost all hope for re-election with his "Forward" theme to spend more money and implement his agenda without Congressional approval.
We can start with Hillary Clinton's Chief of Staff, Whitewater, Bollywood campaign contributor thrown under the HillaryWagon, and the ties between Haiti donations and Mr. Clinton's Global Initiative group.
I agree completely! Bill Clinton was willing to work with the Republicans and I believe Hillary would too! Obama refuses to work with anyone, even those who helped get him where he is today!
THE AMATEUR, by Edward Klein.... get it! A great source of information...!!
WTF is Biden's mug doing in that class of 2016 photo?!?!? You can't be serious- he's the personification of Jeff Dunham's puppet, not a viable candidate for President.
Agree with the Clinton deal. I would take Bill over Barry any day and I was no fan of Clinton. And I think deep down most of the dems today would take Bill over Barry.
I notice that Obama, rather "coincidentally," sent Hillary to China while the Democratic Convention is underway. Can't have her standing in the limelight too much for fear people will start thinking "if only we selected her as our candidate instead of him."
My only hope for the Democratic party is that they run someone who isn't an extremest/leftist like this guy, in 2016.
ZMan, I hear Wal-Mart has a sale on tinfoil. Maybe it is time for a new hat!
As Secretary of State, she is duty bound to stay out of the politics of the administration. That's why no sitting SOS speaks at these things, or participates in his/her boss's re-election campaigns.
I've said that if Willard didn't have a lead going into last night, it was game over. Well, last night showed why I kept saying that.
I also want to comment on the right wing hatefest on First Read immediately after Michelle Obama's speech. Let me say that the wingnut right is feeling this election slip away and they are now going through the various stages of grief. The first one is denial, the second stage is anger so hate away righties. Your hate makes us that much stronger.
It's ironic that you refer to them as hateful while in the same breath calling them names twice.
The democrats couldn't fill the stadium, so they're pulling the big party inside.
Hatefest?. You must be talking about all of the hate spewed forth from the Left during the Republican Cenvention. Why is it those on the Left are blind to their own hatred? Just mention Palin, Bachmann, or G. W. Bush , and watch all of the hateful comments. Palin was Gov. of Alaska, and has never held a national position. But one mention of her name, and the Left goes apoplectic.
On another note, I hope O'Malley does run. Being from MD, I can tell you this guy is an empty suit. He has done for the state, except raise taxes, fees and tolls. 24 times in his six years as Gov. to be exact. All he ever does is spew out meaningless platitudes. He is a joke, a bad joke. Unfortunately, I along with other people in MD who did not vote for him have to suffer the consequences.
Hillary Clinton: America's thurst for drugs is why Mexicans are being killed by drug cartels.
Honey, Mexicans are being killed by Mexicans because Mexicans OVERPOPULATED Mexico.
@ Al in Visalia CA. Personally I think Michelle Obama was fantastic, but she always is and has been. But she's not running for President anymore than Ann Romney is. So, basically they both are irrelevant when it comes to picking a President.
As for the Election slipping away from the RNC, I wouldn't jump on your ban wagon just yet. Obama didn't have really good news yesterday. 1st Stock Market goes down due to report that construction spending decline, the worst in a year. Also US Manufacturing new orders, production and employment all fell in August. Based on this, bet that Friday's Job report is going to look miserable for Obama.
2nd Gas prices heading back up again, which means everything else is going to go up.
Last but not least, a poll showing 52% believe Obama does not deserve re-election. Now, that doesn't seem like a really good sign he's a shoe in by any mean.
Right wing hatred? If you are saying Mittwit is right wing you are stupid enough to also think there is a difference between Romney and Obama.
The Dems have a party and the NATIONAL DEBT hits $$$16 TRILLION..they can not even count all the zeros in that crazy number!!...talk about a National DISASTER!!! Have Jimmy Fallon explain how many somollians, claims, bucks, dough, bread, etc that is to our baby -minded obama!! THE BABY Obama DOES NOT WANT MORE JOBS, MORE ECONOMY GROWTH!!!
obama says he would grade himself 'incomplete'...in my school that was an ..F !! You did not try, you Failed !! Again, twist the truth. Chicago MOBpolitics!!
How many" black chidder-rhen "were murdered while Rahm spoke??!! Another great leader..NOT!!
Like Eastwood said, We the people hired you, you have not done the job, now it is time to Fire you!!
Mouchweelll talked about a rusty beat -up car that Barry Soetoro drove while they were dating, and tried to make it sound OK that with high gas prices and no jobs , Americans can not drive at all!!..Her dad made the equivalent of $$300K in the 70’s and they let their daughter get in such a rust heap??.DOES NOT EQUATE!!!..Danger, /Danger Will Robinson!!!
obama had shoes too small??? He was working for a law firm in Chicago..SaY WHAT?!!! Why are both obamas disbarred?!! Lavish vacations at tax payer expense and $$500 tennis shoes!!!??talk about her big beer arms and nothing about her LARGE french-fry rear!!
She did not say what conversations she 'valued' from Barry's father, Frank M. Davis, the Marxist pornographer in Hawaii. Dreams of my father....or of Barry's brother George still living in a hut in Kenya!!
Dems take GOD out of their platform, of course, obama is the messiah, why look to a faith-filled God??
they read letters from the peasants while they feast at the tax funded, Chief prepared expensive meals..regular Americans could not afford one of those meals a year, much less nightly!! talk about how bad We the PEOPLE have it, REALLY!!.. Let them EAT cake, right?!! where does Mr. Prez get his news?? On the golf course while drinking with Biden?!! If they were to tell the truth, it should have been, people are writing to the Prez. about how he has dismantled the Middle-Class, ruined the economy, people a losing homes and jobs, HE needs to STOP what he is doing!!
it looked like the podium was a wash tub for all their dirty undies/socks/stained blue dresses, but with SWIMMING Ted Kennedy ,they made it clear that it represents the ill-gotten money the progressive-marxists are famous for looting----bootlegging, tax evasion, ballot- box stuffing (LBJ&JFK),gun running, Treasury looting, drug cartels, prostitution( ala Clinton&JFK) Mob connected jimmy Hoffa unions,the true 1%ers of the USA!!!! SOBER UP!!!
if libs care about our troops , why are they put in jail for voicing their dislike of this presidency?? why are they still in Arab countries being murdered by those they are protecting, why are more deployed every day?? Why were they not home for Christmas as obama promised!!??.Why is Defense funding being cut?!! ……why was NASA destroyed!!??
It just does NOT matter how well you give the teleprompter speech...the glaring fact is she knows it is a lie and we know it is lie...
IT IS THE ECONOMY STUPID!!!..and BozoHussan has done nothing to fix it in 4 years!!! ONLY made it much WORSE!!!
After all, "the government is the only thing that we all belong to."
Very true. Community unites us all. Make sure everyone votes.
In the old America, government was only a neccessary evil, not to be trusted, and not to belong too.
Perhaps the government in England was considered "evil" by the founders of our nation, but I doubt any of them, since they were setting up this government, considered ours as "evil" - this is a fantasy invented by the "tea party" right. And it behooves us to participate in our government, not to constantly denigrate it. It would appear that folks like you prefer anarchy.
Please, join the rest of us in the 21st century.
I now understand the liberals problem. They have it exactly backwards. We DO NOT belong to the government, the government belongs to US.
ROMNEY/RYAN 2012!!
I hate to differ but we don't belong to the government. THE GOVERNMENT BELONGS TO US
Now I understand the right-wing's problem - they are only able to grasp talking points. Anybody that heard the words in the video IN CONTEXT understands what it means. If you can't, that is your problem. This is an example of the hypocrites on the right that whine about Obama trying to divide our country, then using something as inane as this in an attempt to do exactly that. It would be a perfect example of paranoia if it weren't so obviously fake.
LWNJ, you should have paid more attention in school! The founders distrusted any government that got too powerful, even the one they were setting up. That's why they put in all those safeguards that you lefties like to ignore!
Left Wing Nut Job is a good name for you. I will give you the benefit of the doubt and not say you are completely stupid, but just uneducated in the ways of your left wing party. Run a search on Alabama and Agenda 21 and see what comes up. I doubt you will actually do it since your mind seems to be completely closed, judging from your post. But if you run the search on Bing the first return will tell you all you need to know about the secret agenda of Bill Clinton, his wife, Obama and all the Democrats. They are pushing a one world government on the US and most people have no idea it is even happening.
Clinton signed Executive Order Number 12852 on June 29, 1993 that circumvented the Senate and the Congress and was foisted upon the American people in secret. Most still don't know about it. But anytime you hear "green", "Sustainable", "intelligent development", "smart growth" etc. you are hearing about UN Agenda 21. It was designed to steal the US from the people. It changes the fact that government derives its authority from the people and makes the government the supreme authority over the people. Kinda like Obama's idea that we all belong to the government! Only his definition of that is not the same as how most Democrats take it to mean. We are all being sold a bill of goods that we don't want, that is unless you want to get rid of private property ownership, have all of America belong to the international countries i.e. UN. But don't listen to me, look it up and read it for yourself....
Yeah, it is obviously ME that is stupid...
A one-world democracy would be awesome. It'd be just what we need.
jmo, you don't seem to be what is called a "deep thinker", or are you? Did that just roll off your fingers without giving it any thought at all or what? First off a one world government would not be a democracy, it would be a dictatorship. It would have to be to keep countries like China, Russia, Iran, North Korea and many others "in line".
We have enough problems with a democracy here in America, especially when it comes to elections. If you throw in all the other people from all over the world there would be no way they could agree on anything, so a stalemate would be of almost Biblical proportions. Only a dictatorship would work....and guess what? It would be those nasty rich corporation types in charge....You know, those that front for the ultra rich of the world, the same as they do now....
it is SOOOO sad that clinton's talk was not as SHORT and to the point as EASTWOOD's....
WE hired you to do a job, you failed, now it is time to replace you!!!
blame stupid Bush.. Clinton supported the 1999 repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act, a law dating back to the Great Depression that separated banking from high-risk financial speculation. Robert Rubin, who had been Clinton's first treasury secretary, helped broker the final deal on Capitol Hill that enabled the repeal legislation to pass. Some financial historians say the repeal of the law paved the way for banks to invest in risky investments like mortgage-backed securities and collateralized debt obligations that played a role in the 2008 financial meltdown.
Andrew Cuomo, hands down, would be the best person to beat whoever the pukes put up in 2016 (it won't be Romney, unless he's a sado-maschist and wants to lose again). Cuomo has governed NY as a centrist - he's worked well in a very bi-partisian way with the Republican controlled State Senate, he's reformed and cut taxes, he balanced the budget with the assistance of public workers, he's trying to get the most out of fracking without killing the environment, and yes, he's the champion of marriage equality here, but aside from that liberal point, he is not a tax and spend liberal in any manner whatsoever. He's reformed the way NY gov't deals with private businesses, and put in place reforms which are attracting business back to NY. He ushered in the real property tax cap. He's put in place meaningful education reforms. Oh, and his approval ratings in NY (well above the 60s, closer to 70%), are way higher than Crispy Cream's in NJ. Put another way, WE NEED A NEW YORKER IN THE WHITE HOUSE!!!!
Thanks for the report from NY, pat. Why do you think Cuomo is keeping a low profile at the convention this week and not speaking? Does he get along with Gillibrand?
I agree that Cuomo is the only serious contender on the list assuming Biden and Clinton do not run.
Biden will never be President.
Elizabeth Warren for President...ROFLMA.
Patrick is too liberal. I think its too early for Booker. He may run against Christie in 2013 but on current form I think he will lose. If he runs in 2016/17 I think he will be the next Governor of NJ. However, if Lautenburg retires then he would be a strong bet for Senator.
The Democratic bench is kind of bare right now but 4 years is a long time.
Collapsed for that post? (8.2)
Too funny. Go on Make My Day.
Still having your little meetings in the DDI? Well watch out, the hackers are about and you guys are pretty dumb.
DDI = KuKluxKlan
Alan I never see you post anything collapse worthy. You seem to be civil. Good luck
Alan: Of all the conservatives this liberal feels they are the least likely to deserve to be collapsed. I wish you could see the light.
Obama/Biden 2012 The Hill in16
Are you claiming I am gay in some way? If you called me a house n....r would you be called out as a racist? But using a gay slur is acceptable? Seems to me you are debasing gay men by attempting to insult me with your juvenile pun.
Maybe the Democratic Party and progressives are not as inclusive as they like to think. You seem to be harboring some homophobic feelings and psychologically that usually means your are probably repressing your homosexual instincts. Or maybe you're pissed that right wingers stole the term tea-bagging from you?
.....really.......I have never seen such a pathetic string of lightweights in one place.....the Dumbocrats really have nothing to say and nowhere to run...Cuomo caved in to the unions already and they squashed his attempt at reform........enjoy the next four years under the leadership of Romney/Ryan!
No New Yorkers belong in the White House. They'll take our soft drinks in the name of good health!!! Snobbish nuts already (and incorrectly) think they set the standard for the whole world, we don't need them in a position where they can actually do it.
It would because a moron would beat you in a battle of wits.
Tea Tards are Liars banned, rereg of Hugh Class=. Multiple Crabby Taddy also banned.
If/when the President is re-elected and the Republican Congress no longer has to worry about making him a one-term President will they start to compromise on issues they were able to have bipartisan support for in the past? If they continue to play the obstructionist game if the President is re-elected people will flat out say No More and vote them out in droves including the state houses. If they start compromising especially on issues that traditionally had bipartisan support the country gets better faster and the people will still vote them out in droves because it would be clear they kept the country from moving forward costing us job after job after job. Derned if you do Derned if you don't assuming the President wins re-election. Peace, Love, Chicken Wings and remember Republican, Democrat, Independent or something else we are all citizens of the great nation!!
It could be a lot like Clinton's second term. Remember how Republicans shut down Congress in 1995, in an effort to make Clinton a one-term President. After he won re-election, he accomplished a lot his second term. Republicans didn't have the same political will to blindly oppose him anymore, and he balanced the budget, reformed welfare, created more than 22 million jobs, signed the Brady bill (gun safety legislation), etc.
Obama's second term might be extremely effective, if Republicans repeat their 1990s behavior. They may decide to focus on improving the country to help them with 2016 elections.
They will compromise just as much as the current admin has for the last 4 years. This is not a one sided issue, and ignorant people trying to blame only one side is exactly what has perpetuated the issue.
in the middle...yeah, not so much the middle, huh?
Obama has attempted compromise, far more than the right has, and it led to the right being able to claim he didn't do as much as he could have, since they spent all their time blocking his attempts at compromise. Try using Google...look up filibuster. Or just watch the video of Yertl the Turtle basically saying that the good of the country wasn't the issue...that what was important was making Obama a one-term president. Look up all the bills that were put forth that were originally penned by Republicans but, once Obama backed them, even the Republican authors voted against them. Yeah, let's hear all about compromise.
You can have your own opinions, but you cannot have your own facts.
Obama compromised.
Gitmo is still open
He kept our troops in Iraq like GWB wanted
He increased troop size in afganistan like bush wanted
He continued the bush stimulous
He bailed out the banks like bush wanted
He signed the patriot act like bush wanted
He signed the NDAA like republicans wanted.
He compromised alright.
I did not watch it, I did have "Mentalist" reruns to watch after all. However, I did see the pictures and noticed that Michelle actually had on a decent pair of shows. I was glad to see that. However, I did have lunch with my financial adviser today and he said we can't do much until after the election because if Obama is re elected the market will tank and and we need to sell before then.
Yeah, mary, because the market has done so poorly under Obama so far. Except that it hasn't. Geez...reality is such a pain, isn't it?
The DNC was pitiful.
Essentially, "ask not what you can do for your country, but what you can get from other peoples taxes"
Eddie Kennedy's Big Brother would be a Republican in this day & age.
Pitiful attempt to purchase votes with government freebies.
Talk of 2016 should not be allowed. We have had enough of 2012 already. How about a single term 7 or 8 year presidency? Enough of this marry-go-round
Impeachment rates would go up and lame VPs would be Pres.
Change - I have beeen saying for a few years now we need the following consitutional changes:
1) a single 6 year term for the pres and vice pres.
2) any federally elected or executive appointed position can not continue to hold office and run for a DIFFERENT office at the same time - ex. the VP could not run for Pres while still serving as the VP or a Senator could not run for pres (including primaries) while still serving in the senate. The taxpayers should not be paying for a person to be seeking higher office.
3) THe run for Pres/VP should be publicly financed - get all private money out of the game.
4) ANyone can run ads in support of a candidate - but they can not do it annonymously and they have to be people not businesses or pacs.
5) Public airwaves (network TV) must give all candidates a certain amount of airtime during the campaign season (labor day to election day) - candidates can use or waste the time as they see fit, but would be nice if they assumed we all had brains and gave us facts not platitudes.
6) Do away with the inane conventions.
7) Primaries have 4 - one in each time zone - and rotate which goes first. None of this "tradition' of Iowa and NH having to go first often times great candidates are eliminated in these primaries that do not truly reflect the nation.
holly - you're brilliant
Rank order voting. Choose your first pick second pick third pick however many you want so if your first choice loses your choice goes to the second and so on until you either have no further picks or someone wins with 50%+
Not making third parties work harder to get on the ballot.
Give more credit to states. When 11 states are only needed to win the election there is something wrong when 39 states refuse to vote for a man and he becomes president.
That's just to name a few.
Hollykb ~ I like most of your proposals. Not sure about #2. Maybe if campaigns weren't allowed to start before June, with primaries in August and conventions in September, this would have the same effect as preventing officials from spending their entire term campaigning instead of governing. As far as #6, I like being able to see a national forum for up and coming politicians, to hear the platforms. They don't need to go on for 3 days, though.
6 tops.
Holly...maybe some sense would come back to the process with your ideas and all that crazy money spent could be used for something useful.
Judy - I alos like to hear the up and commers - if a party wants a convention fine but not at taxpayers expense ( something like $36 million for both), and Ted while I dont like rank order voting it sue beats what we have now, I would be real happy to eliminate the Electoral College.
SO the message is that everyone should get the same opportunity? Is that the next great cause of the democrats?
I assume that your plan to accomplish this noble goal is the same as every other plan that the democrats have.... something like this?...
Step 1: Collect more taxes from citizens and inefficiently distribute it to the people who vote for you.
Step 2: oh, all done.
Well thats quite an opportunity you have created. Well done.
Democrats are not for equal opportunity. Remember when Reagan was runing and the Democrats went ape s h i t when ever one of his old movies ran on local TV?
They aren't for equal opportunity. They would shut down FOX News if they could find a legal way to do it. They would put everyone on welfare if they could find a way to support no one working. Why? Because they want you to think that if you're on welfare you have to vote for them or you will lose all your money and die. I lived in Denmark, super socialist country, for two years. The people there have become lazy and dependent on their government. It is not a good thing, and the production (hence the real wealth of the people) goes down. We DO NOT want this for our country.
Republicans are not against women. Half of them are women. Republicans are not against minorities - we think they are capable of getting the same jobs and education by sheer ability rather than just because they are a minority.
VOTE ROMNEY/RYAN 2012!!!
DNC convention was like watching a Comedy Central rerun on Tuesdays.....the DNC also spent another 5 million to have images of debbie wasserman schultz put on delayed broadcast so staff could photoshop her face to make her look somewhat human..thank goodness for bucket fill and brush filter.
she is sexy in my eyes
Old Grumpy Radio, If President Obama gets re-elected without a majority in the congress and Senate the last four years will have been picnic compared to the next four years.
she makes hillary look attractive. that is one ugly woman dear lord.
Republicans the left behind movie
oh i mean left behind..for good
How is it possible for all the comments from the right get collapsed? Ohhh thats right.... communists don't like free speech.
I am sorry... about my other posts, please forgive me. I won't say anything negative about liberals anymore. OBAMA is the greatest President EVER. I won't question him again I promise.
nice try
what did you say Obama was a nice negro when they callaped you..please tell me
no elvis. its true. I want to grow up and be a liberal just like you. When does the "free stuff van" come to my house? is there a route schedule? I want an equal opportunity to take someone elses tax money.
Elvis, just open the collapsed comments to see what I said. Also please stop using racist language its not called for anywhere (even in the race baiting, racism creating world of liberals & NBC).
Perhaps things like your post in 16.4 are why you get collapsed? You think it is OK for you to call everybody else racist, but if anybody calls you racist you throw a tantrum? Seriously?
Oh, and I know facts are difficult to deal with, but plenty of comments from people NOT on the right have been collapsed as well, including a TON of rather innocuous posts.
did yall see last weeks event with R/R ..they put Romney's grand children sons next to him watching TV...look on there face was like what the FUUUUUUUUUUU......
mmmmmmmmmm Debbie Blabbermouth-Shultz sexy.....
why yes
Nice im not a homo..you thought i said you were?????
Elvis??? wow. you just used the word "homo"? thats the most intollerant thing I have ever heard in my life. Is this what the liberals are? racist homophobes? wow!
I don't know if the screeners are watching but you Elvis, are a bad person.
wow no????
go see the left behind series..its about a army of Negros..that take over America..Obama America 2016...the director was the one who made the year 2000 the year the world would end and and Pat Robertson would get rich off people who are dumb azzezzzof the Y2K .2000 ERA ........like the tea party..oh sorry the same people different name..do yall still have food left over from 2000..don't worry you can save it and it it in 2016..when the negro finish destroying America..sounds good
The DNC was pitiful.
Essentially, "ask not what you can do for your country, but what you can get from other peoples taxes"
Eddie Kennedy's Big Brother would be a Republican in this day & age.
Pitiful attempt to purchase votes with government freebies.
sorry say by by to your 12 years of rich tax breaks..then i will start calling you an American.again
I don't want anyone to pay any taxes. why do you want to steal peoples money so badly?
When Romney shows 10 or more years of tax returns we can talk about other people's taxes and how they are spent or not spent until then there is nothing but rhetoric and pure elephant poo regarding freebees and spending the meager taxes poor little you pays.
go see the left behind series..its about a army of Negros..that take over America..Obama America 2016...the director was the one who made the year 2000 the year the world would end and and Pat Robertson would get rich off people who are dumb azzezzzof the Y2K .2000 ERA ........like the tea party..oh sorry the same people different name..do yall still have food left over from 2000..don't worry you can save it and it it in 2016..when the negro finish destroying America..sounds good
Was Kirk Cameron in those? I think I've seen bits and pieces.
elvis needs to put the pipe down.
Elvis ... do all the keys on your keyboard work? are you holding it upsidedown? Were you taught that every incomplete sentence should end with a series of question marks?????????????
Biden..............Kill me please. LMAO too much to type anything else.
Dont sweat Biden - we learned our lesson with REgan - there is a point where a candidate is too old.
And Ron Paul. Way too old.
Ron Paul is too old. Newt Gingrich is too slimy for the rebublican party. Santorum was okay but had a hot temper. VOTE ROMNEY!
Oh, yeah, there's still Obama, but he shouldn't even be considered.
I hope Romney gets elected the next eight years....Romney--Ryan--2012....Romney --Ryan ---2016 as bad as the economy is now lets go ..Romney--Ryan --2020
In regards to Michelle's speech, what a load of crap! She told stories of how Barack and her went through such hard times. Well Ms. Obama you went to Whitney Young, the public magnet school for Chicago’s upper class, while Barack attended Punahou, the private prep school for the top stratum of Hawaiian society. Also you both went to Ivy-League schools. Then you bought a $277,500 two-bedroom condo in 1993--a high price even by today’s standards. Several years later, they moved into their $1.65 million mansion in Hyde Park--with the help of fraudster Tony Rezko. That's strange, you try to tell people you're connected to the middle class, when almost your whole life you've been upper class.
Bob - idiot - they worked hard for what they have. They didn't "inherit" any of it. And, they have a mortgage on their home - like most Americans. Get a clue - you don't have a clue!
Obama/Biden 2012
Well when you tell people you had to drive around in rusted cars and go dumpster diving for furniture, you should at least add that you are extremely privileged going to such nice high schools and going to Ivy-League schools.
Then Seeking, you try and tell me that Romney hasn't worked hard? Ok, he might have gotten money from his father, but still running a company like Bain Capitol is hard and you're crazy if you believe he isn't just as hard of a worker as Obama.
This is correct, Mitt did donate all his inheritance to charity. Plus, Mitt has given a lot more taxes than anyone here most likely. PLUS, he continues to donate I think it's about 13% to charity each year? When he releases his tax forms people will see that - but he's got to donate at least 10% to have been a mormon preacher.
People should read Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze. It was written in 1932, but the voices of the redistributionists today sound exactly like the communist agitators in that book.
So if you want to be a commy, vote for Obama! If you want to be free, vote for Romney!
Since when was losing an election in which millions of people vote considered "bullying"? This is just another example of Democrats not just vilifying the opposing candidates (which is fine and fair), but indirectly attacking approximately 50% of the entire country. This rhetoric is exactly why Democrat leadership is failing.
Matt, I don't think it's correct to call anything in todays Democratic party "leadership."
I wish Hilary had run again this year. She might have been able to pull of the DNC win. Then we'd at least have two decent options for president. I sure hope the fools who believe all Obama's lies will wake up and smell the collapse of the values and economy of this country.